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New York Times Loses $39 Million in 2011

The New York Times Corporation lost more than $39 Million dollars in 2011. The company has not been profitable for more than a year at this point. The company reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profits fell by ... continue

New York Times Accidentally Emails 9 Million People, Promises It Isn’t Spam

A staffer at the New York Times had an "oops" moment on Wednesday when they accidentally sent an email to 9 million New York Times readers instead of the few hundred the email was meant for. At first ... continue

Donald Rumsfeld Cancels NYT Subscription Over Krugman 9/11 Remarks

Donald Rumsfeld is mad as hell at Paul Krugman for his piece yesterday regarding 9/11, so much so that the former defense secretary cancelled his subscription to the New York Times. In a tweet on Monday Rumsfeld noted: "After ... continue

[Or Look At it This Way] Kindle Spares You Shallow Chat Ups

I will admit at the outset that I am a devoted e-book reader- I have a Kindle, but mostly use the Kindle app on my iPhone and have shunned paper and ink books since my very first ... continue

E-books outpace paperbacks in February sales

Just a few months after they got their own New York Times Bestseller list, electronic books hit another acceptance milestone- they've outpaced paperbacks as the single bestselling format in the US. The sales stats turned in favor of ... continue

The New York Times $40M paywall taken down with four lines of code

I wonder how you explain to your bosses that the $40 to $50 million that they spent of eighteen months has been torn down in less than a couple of days with nothing more than four lines ... continue

The best response yet to the New York Times paywall, from a Canadian of course

When I came across the news this morning that The New York Times had finally put up its paywall subscription my first reaction was - oh well no more quoting the NYTimes anymore. Then I read some numbers ... continue

‘New York Times’ tells staff not to ‘unpublish’ stories

The "paper of record" has established a policy on removing content from the New York Times website, a leaked memo published by Gawker indicates. New York Times Standards Editor Phil Corbett (who you may remember as dissuading NYT ... continue

[Video] Brian Williams slow jams about NYT’s ‘discovery of Brooklyn’

Hilarious, and my crush on Brian Williams has just increased by 137%. It's like Marrakesh! [via TDW] continue

‘New York Times’ to add e-book best-seller list

Well, this kind of feels like a bit of a pivotal moment for e-books- the most nationally referenced best-seller list is getting an e-book list, too. The New York Times, whose best-seller list is often used as a reference point ... continue

New York Times bans the word “tweet” when not used in “ornithological contexts”

Oooh, look at the fancy New York Times with their fancy fifty-cent zoological words! Hot off the heels of their recent investigative piece on "bros icing bros," the Times has issued an edict banning the colloquial term "tweet" ... continue

The New York Times pulls dumbass move after getting free Apple publicity

How is it that a leading newspaper with a global reach doesn't get it. I mean here we have the New York Times competing with all the other big brand papers to establish a foothold on the ... continue

Billboard for HBO’s ‘Hung’ in NZ may have invented massive wangvertising

If you've seen an episode of HBO's Hung and the title didn't clue you in, you know the show basically depicts a world that actually does revolve around the main character's huge dick. Via Copyranter comes this suggestive ... continue

Pic: Huge fireball in Manhattan manhole fire

A large fireball sparked by an underground electrical transformer broke out on 6th Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets in Manhattan today, gutting a Radio Shack and damaging a few other businesses. The Daily Intel has a picture ... continue

So, Newsday, how’s that paywall working out for you?

As a native Long Islander, I was amused when Newsday, our local paper, waded fearlessly and without irony into the ice-cold waters of charging for news on the internet. I don't know anyone who has ever paid for ... continue

New York Times Will Implement “Metered” Paywall In 2011

The New York Times has announced that their services will go behind a paywall, however their "pay to read" model won't go into effect until 2011. They've also announced that the system will include a "metered model" ... continue

The New York Times to retreat behind a paywall

Expected at some point during the next couple of weeks is the announcement by Arthur Sulzberger Jr, Chairman of New York Times, that the illustrious Gray Lady well be retreating to her petticoats of a paywall. As ... continue

Google still on announcing kick, now introducing “living stories”

Google's still feeling all announcey, with the addition of something called "living stories" to its repertoire of announcements over the past few days. The project looks like the Google News topic pages got drunk and shagged Wikipedia, and ... continue

NYT subtly frowns on Deadspin’s ESPN horndog dossier shenanigans

A new media campaign retaliating against ESPN for scandal related subterfuge got some old media attention today. Deadspin, a Gawker media blog, gets oodles of sports and sportscaster news related tips and rumors in their inbox. Back at ... continue

New York Times Goes Hyper-Local With Weekend Bay Area Edition

The New York Times has added a San Francisco Bay Area metro report to its Northern California editions on Fridays and Sundays. The new addition to the paper went into effect Friday, Oct. 16 and includes content written ... continue

Rogue ad battle at New York Times

According to Steven Musil at cnet Security The New York Times is in the midst of a battle to get rid of a what they are terming “an unauthorized advertisement”. In typical fashion ... continue

Wikipedia under fire for publishing Rorschach “cheat sheet”

Psychologists are getting their panties all knotted up because Wikipedia has ostensibly ruined their Rorschach Ink Blot party. The controversy came to light yesterday with a New York Times article regarding the well-known and oft-mocked "ink blot" ... continue